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Islam and New Kinship, Reproductive Technologies and the Shariah in Lebanon – By Morgan Clarke
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Source: Bioethics - February 3, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: VARDIT RISPLER‐CHAIM Source Type: research
Rotterdam 2012: the next world congress of bioethicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Bioethics - February 3, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: RUTH CHADWICK Source Type: research
The substance view: a critiqueEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTAccording to the theory of intrinsic value and moral standing called the ‘substance view,’ what makes it prima facie seriously wrong to kill adult human beings, human infants, and even human fetuses is the possession of the essential property of the basic capacity for rational moral agency – a capacity for rational moral agency in root form and thereby not remotely exercisable. In this critique, I cover three distinct reductio charges directed at the substance view's conclusion that human fetuses have the same intrinsic value and moral standing as adult human beings. After giving consideration to defenders of...
Source: Bioethics - February 3, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: ROB LOVERING Source Type: research
A Time for UnityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although the US public remains for the most part favorably disposed to scientists, politically inspired efforts to discredit some kinds of science continue and could gain traction during what is likely to be an angry election year. Researchers, especially those working in fields that do not seem to offer the near-term promise of profitable products, have good reason to be apprehensive about their funding. Budget anxieties are driving up pressure on legislators to enact substantial cuts, and the brinksmanship on Capitol Hill suggests that ill-considered measures could be enacted through political grandstanding. Researchers ...
Source: AIBS BioScience Editorials - February 3, 2012 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news
[Book Review] When Do Incentives Corrupt?Email this article to a colleague.
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Analyzing incentives in terms of power rather than as trades, Grant concludes that their use to further desired social and political goals raises some ethical concerns.Author: Tyler Cowen (Source: Science: Current Issue)
Source: Science: Current Issue - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Tyler Cowen Source Type: research
Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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This distinctive Australian mystery bird is named for one of its life history traitsMystery Bird photographed in New South Wales, Australia. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Marie-Louise Ng, 24 December 2011 (with permission) [velociraptorize].Nikon D7000 Question: This distinctive Australian mystery bird is named for one of its life history traits. What trait is that? Can you identify this bird's taxonomic family and species?The Rules:1. Keep in mind that people live in zillions of different time zones, and some people are following on their smart phones. So let everyone play the game. Don't spoil it ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Is It Ethical to Own an iPhone?Email this article to a colleague.
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Recent media reports and ongoing protests over the reportedly abhorrent working conditions at factories where Apple's iPhones are produced have left socially conscious Americans with a dilemma: Is it ethical to own an iPhone? [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Technology,Communications,Consumer Electronics,Society & Policy Source Type: research
Penn State defies Facebook campaign calling for it to drop climate lecture | Leo HickmanEmail this article to a colleague.
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University cites its First Amendment commitment in supporting its climate scientist Michael Mann's right to give lectureIn an uncharacteristically angry post at the New York Times's Dot Earth blog, Andy Revkin has hit out at a "shameful attack on free speech". It relates to a Facebook campaign which is calling on Pennsylvania State University to "disinvite" Professor Michael E. Mann, the director of its Earth System Science Center, from giving a lecture next week entitled: "Confronting the Climate Change Challenge."The Facebook campaign has been initiated by a seemingly conjoined group called the Common Sense Movement/Secu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Leo Hickman Tags: Environment Climate change Climate change scepticism Hacked climate science emails Pennsylvania Education guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
The Science of Concussion and Brain InjuryEmail this article to a colleague.
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How medicine, sports and society are trying to heal and protect the brains of millions amidst the growing awareness of the long-lasting effects of traumatic head injury [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Mind & Brain,Ethics,Mind Brain,Physics,Society Policy,Everyday Science,More Science,Science Education,Language Linguistics,Addiction Recovery,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Psychiatry,Psychology,Thought Cognition,Biology,Health Source Type: research
Guardian Open Weekend: two days of smashing science and technologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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We're throwing open our doors on 24 and 25 March to host talks and debates about the frontiers of particle physics, neuroscience and the law, and host masterclasses on podcasting, journalism, web tools and photographyDo you have a burning question about the Higgs boson, supersymmetry or the standard of the coffee in the canteen at the home of the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva? On Sunday 25 March as part the Guardian's Open Weekend, three scientists at the cutting edge of physics will be on hand to answer all the most basic or esoteric questions that may have built up in your mind (where they might well be burning a hol...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Cern Particle physics Neuroscience Law Technology guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Flap over Designer Sperm in IndiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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An ad for sperm from “tall and fair” technology students sparks a debate in India about designer babies.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marcy Darnovsky, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Parenting Politics Race and Ethnicity Social Life absolute rubbish apartheid assisted reproduction assisted reproductive technologies bad habits blogs cars caste caste system chennai debates designer bab Source Type: news
Research ethics: Coercive citation in academic publishingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists have examined the unethical practices of some journal publications, articulating results from their research to show that some editors coerce authors into adding unnecessary citations to articles in the same journal that is considering publishing the submitted work. Journal editors want to increase the number of times articles within their journals are cited by researchers -- because it raises the journal ranking and is used to make claims of prestige and importance. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
Today's mystery bird for you to identify | GrrlScientistEmail this article to a colleague.
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This southeast Asian mystery bird is atypical amongst those species with similar habitsMystery Bird photographed at the Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Alex Vargas, 10 January 2012 (with permission) [velociraptorize].Nikon D5000, Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR 1/10s f/5.6 at 420.0mm iso500, With a Kenko 1.4X Teleconverter on. This southeast Asian mystery bird is atypical amongst those species with similar habits. Can you tell me in what way it is atypical? Can you identify this mystery bird's taxonomic family and species? The Rules:1. Keep in mind...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science Zoology Birds Wildlife Animals guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Reexamination of the ethics of placebo use in clinical practiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTA placebo is a substance or intervention believed to be inactive, but is administered by the healthcare professional as if it was an active medication. Unlike standard treatments, clinical use of placebo usually involves deception and is therefore ethically problematic. Our attitudes toward the clinical use of placebo, which inevitably includes deception or withholding information, have a tremendous effect on our practice regarding truth‐telling and informed consent. A casual attitude towards it weakens the current practice based on shared decision‐making and mutual trust between patients and healthcare profess...
Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: ATSUSHI ASAIYASUHIRO KADOOKA Source Type: research
Moral fiction or moral fact? the distinction between doing and allowing in medical ethicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTOpponents of physician‐assisted suicide (PAS) maintain that physician withdrawal‐of‐life‐sustaining‐treatment cannot be morally equated to voluntary active euthanasia. PAS opponents generally distinguish these two kinds of act by positing a possible moral distinction between killing and allowing‐to‐die, ceteris paribus. While that distinction continues to be widely accepted in the public discourse, it has been more controversial among philosophers. Some ethicist PAS advocates are so certain that the distinction is invalid that they describe PAS opponents who hold to the distinction as in the grip of ...
Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: THOMAS S. HUDDLE Source Type: research
Disputing the ethics of research: the challenge from bioethics and patient activism to the interpretation of the declaration of helsinki in clinical trialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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ABSTRACTIn this paper we argue that the consensus around normative standards for the ethics of research in clinical trials, strongly influenced by the Declaration of Helsinki, is perceived from various quarters as too conservative and potentially restrictive of research that is seen as urgent and necessary. We examine this problem from the perspective of various challengers who argue for alternative approaches to what ought or ought not to be permitted. Key themes within this analysis will examine these claims and argue they have implications for the interests of the research subject, research governance and regulation. Us...
Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: SIMON WOODSPAULINE MCCORMACK Source Type: research
‘ethics is for bad guys!’ putting the ‘moral’ into moral enhancementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Bioethics - February 2, 2012 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: JOHN HARRIS Source Type: research
Risk for attempted suicide in children and youths after contact with somatic hospitals: a Danish register based nested case-control studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Based on the results of the study a strategy to minimise the risk of attempted suicide among children and youths must be implemented. The strategy should mainly focus on children at high risk—that is, children from families with low socioeconomic status, and children with a psychiatric history, a history of previous suicide attempts and with an unstable somatic disease subsequently causing many admissions. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - February 2, 2012 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Christiansen, E., Stenager, E. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Case-control studies, Suicide (psychiatry), Ethics of abortion, Suicide (public health) Child and infant health Source Type: research
Educating non‐medical prescribersEmail this article to a colleague.
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SummaryIntroduction: The decade has seen developments in non‐medical prescribing with the introduction of prescribing rights for healthcare professionals. In this article, we focus on the education, training and practice of non‐medical prescribers in the UK. There are around 20,000 nurse independent prescribers, 2,400 pharmacist supplementary/independent prescribers, several hundred allied health professional supplementary prescribers and almost 100 optometrist supplementary/independent prescribers. Many are active prescribers managing chronic conditions or acute episodes of infections and minor ailments.Aims: Ke...
Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - February 2, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Derek StewartKatie MacLureJohnson George Source Type: research
Canadian Original: A doctor with a patient's perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Canadian doctor who is being hailed for his work in medical ethics comes by his knowledge honestly -- as a Parkinson's disease patient whose experience with the health-care system hasn't always been positive. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - February 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Concussion Is a Serious Problem for Child AthletesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The dangers of life in the National Football League made headlines in 2009, when a study commissioned by the NFL found that retired players were 19 times more likely than other men of similar ages to develop severe memory problems. The obvious culprit: continued play after repeated head injuries. Indeed, head injury can imitate many types of neurodegenerative disease, including Parkinson’s disease and, as journalist Jeffrey Bartholet reports in “The Collision Syndrome,” on page 66, perhaps even amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease. [More] (Source: Scientific Am...
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 1, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Health,Mind & Brain,Ethics,More Science,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Biology,Society Policy Source Type: research
Building a Muscular EmpathyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bullying at schools has become a huge issue. In looking for innovative solutions, Canadian educators turned to a unique classroom program called Roots of Empathy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 1, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Viral Mehta Tags: Ethics and Morality Neuroscience Relationships Spirituality aggression Aravind canadian educators catalyst classroom program coates emotions empathy feelings fundamental connection helping kids humility ian percy IDEO I Source Type: news
2nd Annual Achieving Clinical & Regulatory Excellence In Turkey, The Middle East & North Africa Conference, 11-14 June 2012, Istanbul, TurkeyEmail this article to a colleague.
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NextLevel Pharma's "Advancing clinical research in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa" conference will bring together the local regulators and ethics committees, alongside experienced investigators and study personnel, as well as clinical trial experts from pharma and CROs. It will examine in detail, the key regulatory, clinical, outsourcing and environmental factors which impact the clinical trials. Particular and specific attention will be given to Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Jordan & Lebanon via separate, focused, conference sessions... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Conferences Source Type: news
Inadvertent Advocacy.Email this article to a colleague.
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Policy advocacy is an issue regularly debated among conservation scientists. These debates have focused on intentional policy advocacy by scientists, but advocacy can also be unintentional. I define inadvertent policy advocacy as the act of unintentionally expressing personal policy preferences or ethical judgments in a way that is nearly indistinguishable from scientific judgments. A scientist may be well intentioned and intellectually honest but still inadvertently engage in policy advocacy. There are two ways to inadvertently engage in policy advocacy. First, a scientist expresses an opinion that sh...
Source: Conservation Biology - February 1, 2012 Category: Biology Authors: Wilhere GF Tags: Conserv Biol Source Type: research
Informing on prenatal screening for Down syndrome prior to conception. An empirical and ethical perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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AbstractIn most Western countries, information on prenatal screening for Down syndrome is provided in the first‐trimester of pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to examine whether this information should additionally be provided before pregnancy to improve the informed decision‐making process. In an empirical study, we obtained data from pregnant women with respect to their preferences regarding information on prenatal screening preconceptionally. Questionnaire data (n = 510) showed that 55.7% of responding women considered participating in prenatal screening for Down syndrome before pregnancy. 28.0% of women ...
Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A - February 1, 2012 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Marleen SchoonenBoukje van der ZeeHajo WildschutInez de BeaufortGuido de WertHarry de KoningMarie‐Louise Essink‐BotEric Steegers Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Focusing, Situating, and Grounding Micro-Level Evaluation Field Experiences: An Instructional ToolEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article identifies the challenges that students encountered with course-embedded, small-scale field experiences and introduces the development and application of an instructional tool to help them: (a) more strategically focus evaluation field experiences; (b) situate experiences in terms of the larger evaluation to which it is contributing; as well as (c) ground experiences in terms of relevant evaluation standards, ethical principles, and evaluator competencies. (Source: American Journal of Evaluation)
Source: American Journal of Evaluation - February 1, 2012 Category: Research Authors: Skolits, G. J., Woodard, T., Morrow, J. A., Kaesbauer, S. Tags: Teaching Evaluation Source Type: research
A Conversation on Multicultural Competence in EvaluationEmail this article to a colleague.
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This contribution to the Ethics section is intended to foster discussion about the relationship between multicultural competence and ethics; a timely discussion especially in view of the release in 2011 of the American Evaluation Association's Public Statement on Cultural Competence (http://www.eval.org/ccstatement.asp). Over the course of 2011, Leslie Goodyear, Ethics Section editor, conducted interviews with three experts on research with multicultural communities. Represented here, these discussions among Joseph Trimble, Ed Trickett and Celia Fisher covered important topics such as the meaning of multiculturalism, the e...
Source: American Journal of Evaluation - February 1, 2012 Category: Research Authors: Trimble, J., Trickett, E., Fisher, C., Goodyear, L. Tags: Ethics Source Type: research
Swallowing Neurorehabilitation: From the Research Laboratory to Routine Clinical ApplicationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Doeltgen SH, Huckabee M-L. Swallowing neurorehabilitation: from the research laboratory to routine clinical application.
The recent application of neurostimulation techniques to enhance the understanding of swallowing neural plasticity has expanded the focus of rehabilitation research from manipulation of swallowing biomechanics to manipulation of underlying neural systems. Neuromodulatory strategies that promote the brain's ability to reorganize its neural connections have been shown to hold promising potential to aid the recovery of impaired swallowing function. These techniques include those applied to the br...
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - February 1, 2012 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sebastian H. Doeltgen, Maggie-Lee Huckabee Tags: Featured Articles Source Type: research
Ethics for the Pediatrician: A Brave New Pediatrics? Managing the Desire for Better Children Through Biotechnological EnhancementEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Source: Pediatrics in Review)
Source: Pediatrics in Review - February 1, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Antiel, R. M., Jacobson, R. M., Fischer, P. R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Pediatric Analgesic Clinical Trial Designs, Measures, and Extrapolation: Report of an FDA Scientific WorkshopEmail this article to a colleague.
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Analgesic trials pose unique scientific, ethical, and practical challenges in pediatrics. Participants in a scientific workshop sponsored by the US Food and Drug Administration developed consensus on aspects of pediatric analgesic clinical trial design. The standard parallel-placebo analgesic trial design commonly used for adults has ethical and practical difficulties in pediatrics, due to the likelihood of subjects experiencing pain for extended periods of time. Immediate-rescue designs using opioid-sparing, rather than pain scores, as a primary outcome measure have been successfully used in pediatric analgesic efficacy t...
Source: PEDIATRICS - February 1, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Berde, C. B., Walco, G. A., Krane, E. J., Anand, K. J. S., Aranda, J. V., Craig, K. D., Dampier, C. D., Finkel, J. C., Grabois, M., Johnston, C., Lantos, J., Lebel, A., Maxwell, L. G., McGrath, P., Oberlander, T. F., Schanberg, L. E., Stevens, B., Taddio, Tags: Special Article Source Type: research
Communication and Education for Families Dealing with End-of-Life DecisionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article demonstrates how several ethical principles in the Code address the values and obligations of the dietetics practitioner when communicating with and educating families as they deal with end-of-life decisions. (Source: Journal of the American Dietetic Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dietetic Association - February 1, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: Charlette R. Gallagher-Allred Tags: Ethics in Action Source Type: research
Pulmonary complications after major head and neck surgery: A retrospective cohort studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions:Patients undergoing major head and neck surgery are at high risk of PPCs. Advanced age and hypertension significantly correlated with PPCs. PPCs correlate with prolonged ICU and hospital stays, and increased mortality. Further research is needed to define risk factors, useful investigations, and effective optimization strategies to mitigate PPCs. (Source: The Laryngoscope)
Source: The Laryngoscope - February 1, 2012 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Steven PetrarClark BartlettRobert D. HartPeter MacDougall Tags: Original Report Source Type: research
Urinary pharmacokinetic methodology to determine the relative lung bioavailability of inhaled beclometasoneEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions: The urinary pharmacokinetic methodology to determine the relative lung and systemic bioavailability post inhalation, using 30 minute and pooled 24 hour post inhalation samples, applies to BDP. The ratio between Qvar and Clenil is consistent with related clinical and gamma scintigraphy lung deposition studies.© 2012 The Authors. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology © 2012 The British Pharmacological Society (Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)
Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - February 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Amira AhmedLindsay P HardingHenry Chrystyn Source Type: research
Open disclosure of adverse events: transparency and safety in health care.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article explores our experience of managing and implementing an open disclosure program in an acute and chronic tertiary care facility with university affiliation in the Veterans Health Administration.
PMID: 22269269 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Surgical Clinics of North America)
Source: The Surgical Clinics of North America - February 1, 2012 Category: Surgery Authors: Eaves-Leanos A, Dunn EJ Tags: Surg Clin North Am Source Type: research
[Burnout : Can it be measured?].Email this article to a colleague.
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[Burnout : Can it be measured?].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2012 Feb;55(2):164-71
Authors: Korczak D, Huber B
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Burnout is widely known as a work-related syndrome that is associated by serious individual and social consequences. The aim of the HTA report "Differential diagnostic of the burnout syndrome" published by DIMDI in 2010 was to determine how burnout can be diagnosed and distinguished from other disorders. Based on a systematic literature review of 36 databases, 852 studies published between 2004 and 2009 were identified. After considering inclusion and exc...
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - February 1, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Korczak D, Huber B Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research
‘You need to let your voice be heard’: research participants' views on researchEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions Our findings suggest that despite ethical challenges, researchers can and should pursue research that has the potential to improve the lives of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Such research is more likely to be both ethical and successful if researchers pay attention to enhancing autonomy and person‐centredness, while at the same time engendering participant trust. (Source: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research)
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research - February 1, 2012 Category: Disability Authors: K. E. McDonaldC. A. KidneyM. Patka Source Type: research
Use of ECT in patients with an intellectual disability: review [Special articles]Email this article to a colleague.
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Aims and method The literature on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with an intellectual disability is scarce, despite a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders than in the general adult population. We carried out a review of articles published before March 2010. All age ranges, severity of disability and diagnoses were included.
Results We found 72 case reports, a retrospective chart review study and other reviews, but no controlled studies. Most patients (79%) showed a positive outcome following ECT. Complications were seen only in 13% and there were no reports of cognitive decline. Many patients ...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - February 1, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Collins, J., Halder, N., Chaudhry, N. Tags: Special articles Source Type: research
Health Technology Assessment Implementation: The Politics of EthicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Using a 2009 American debate on a federal public health recommendation on mammography screening for women under the age of 50 as a case study, it is argued that public acceptance of health technology assessment (HTA) depends on the ethical acceptability of its recommendations. At the same time, that acceptability cannot be separated from the politics and values of the health care system of which it is part. In the United States, those values display a sharp ideological split between a conservative individual-based ethic and a liberal community-oriented ethic. A clash of this kind cannot be solved by invocation of ethical p...
Source: Medical Decision Making - January 31, 2012 Category: Health Management Authors: Callahan, D. Tags: Health Technology Assessment Symposium Papers Source Type: research
Cochleo-vestibular clinical findings among drug resistant Tuberculosis Patients on therapy-a pilot study.Email this article to a colleague.
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A multi-disciplinary close surveillance of MDR and XDR TB patients on therapy is imperative. Finally researches into therapeutic trials on antidotes and potent safer substitutes for aminoglycosides in the management are recommended. (Source: International Archives of Medicine)
Source: International Archives of Medicine - January 31, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lebogang RammaTitus Ibekwe Source Type: research
Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Futile Treatment [Book and Media Reviews]Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - January 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Thompson, A. Tags: Medical Practice, Medical Ethics, Patient-Physician Relationship/ Care, End-of-life Care/ Palliative Medicine Book and Media Reviews Source Type: research
Tobacco Deception [Lab Reports]Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - January 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Hampton, T. Tags: Medical Practice, Medical Ethics, Public Health, Tobacco, Public Health, Other, Statistics and Research Methods Lab Reports Source Type: research
The Ethical Hazards and Programmatic Challenges of Genomic Newborn Screening [Viewpoint]Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - January 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Goldenberg, A. J., Sharp, R. R. Tags: Medical Informatics, Medical Practice, Health Policy, Medical Ethics, Pediatrics, Neonatology and Infant Care, Public Health, Public Health, Other, Screening, Genetics, Genetic Counseling/ Testing/ Therapy, Genetics, Other Viewpoint Source Type: research
Therapeutic misconception, misestimation, and optimism in participants enrolled in phase 1 trialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS:TM continues to be prevalent. Estimates of personal benefit were not usually meant to report facts, it remains unknown whether respondents in the current study had TMis. Although they are not more vulnerable, phase 1 participants need improved understanding of key TM concepts, with attention to risks that are not present in standard of care. Cancer 2012. © 2012 American Cancer Society (Source: Cancer)
Source: Cancer - January 31, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Rebecca D. PentzMargaret WhiteR. Donald HarveyZachary Luke FarmerYuan LiuColleen LewisOlga DashevskayaTaofeek OwonikokoFadlo R. Khuri Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
New cell-therapy technique may obviate stem-cell researchEmail this article to a colleague.
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BBC: Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have succeeded in converting mouse skin cells into "neural precursor" cells, which can develop into three types of brain cell. The group's findings, which have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may be important for certain medical therapies, such as bone marrow transplants. Until now such transplants have relied on stem cells, which can divide and differentiate into many different specialized cell types. Stem-cell research has been hampered by ethical concerns, however, because one source of the cells has been human embryos. Mor...
Source: Physics Today News Picks - January 31, 2012 Category: Physics Authors: Physics Today Source Type: news
New Doctors Without Borders Book Reveals Perils of Negotiating Access to Crisis ZonesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: MSF News - January 30, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
World Lacks Enough Food, Fuel as Population SoarsEmail this article to a colleague.
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By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.N. report warned on Monday. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - January 30, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Health,Society Policy,Energy Technology,Climate,Ethics,Environment,Everyday Science Source Type: research
5 Most Common Ways People Ruin Their Work CareersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Even the most successful executives, professionals, leaders, and workers can suddenly "go off the track" and ruin their careers. Watch out for these in your own work career.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - January 30, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Ethics and Morality Happiness Work career management career success Careers careers research chain of command derailer derailers derailment design technology effective delegation engineering department ex Source Type: news
Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Exposure of Circle of Willis (Cw); Can It be Applied in Vascular Neurosurgery in the Near Future? A Cadaveric Study of 26 Cases.Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Endoscopic endonasal extended transsphenoidal exposure of CW can make the surgeon more efficient in removing midline skullbase lesions with safe handling of different parts of circle of Willis and it may help in development of endonasal endoscopic vascular neurosurgery in the near future.
PMID: 22274974 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Turkish Neurosurgery)
Source: Turkish Neurosurgery - January 30, 2012 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Chowdhury FH, Haque MR, Kawsar KA, Ara S, Mohammod QD, Sarker MH, Goel AH Tags: Turk Neurosurg Source Type: research
'You give us Rangoli, we give you talk' - Using an art-based activity to elicit data from a seldom heard groupEmail this article to a colleague.
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Background:
The exclusion from health research of groups most affected by poor health is an issue not only of poor science, but also of ethics and social justice. Even if exclusion is inadvertent and unplanned, policy makers will be uninformed by the data and experiences of these groups. The effect on the allocation of resources is likely to be an exacerbation of health inequalities.
Methods:
We subject to critical analysis the notion that certain groups, by virtue of sharing a particular identity, are inaccessible to researchers - a phenomenon often problematically referred to as 'hard to reach'. We use the term 'seldom h...
Source: BMC Medical Research Methodology - Latest articles - January 30, 2012 Category: Research Authors: Sabi RedwoodNicola GaleSheila Greenfield Source Type: research
Visual cognition in disorders of consciousness: From V1 to top‐down attentionEmail this article to a colleague.
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AbstractWhat is it like to be at the lower boundaries of consciousness? Disorders of consciousness such as coma, the vegetative state, and the minimally conscious state are among the most mysterious and least understood conditions of the human brain. Particularly complicated is the assessment of residual cognitive functioning and awareness for diagnostic, rehabilitative, legal, and ethical purposes. In this article, we present a novel functional magnetic resonance imaging exploration of visual cognition in a patient with a severe disorder of consciousness. This battery of tests, first developed in healthy volunteers, asses...
Source: Human Brain Mapping - January 30, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Martin M. MontiJohn D. PickardAdrian M. Owen Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
